The Orleans Parish sheriff's office apprehended an inmate who walked off the site of the jail's work center this morning, according to a news release by the agency.

Marlon Williams, 22, left the building at about 4:30 a.m. and was caught "a short time later," according to the release.

Williams had been eligible for release in August 2012, sentenced to five years of possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute the drug. He had been placed in the jail's "transitional work program" by the Louisiana Department of Corrections, the release stated.

The jail's transitional work center, where Williams was being held, is a minimum security facility. Williams is now being held in custody at the jail's House of Detention.